Year One

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Mrs Mathieson Mrs Dent

Spring 2 2019

Hello and welcome back to School. I hope that you had a fantastic half term break!

This half term our first topic is Gardens. We will be learning how to identify and name a variety of common wild plants, including deciduous and evergreen trees. We will also be learning how to identify and describe the structure of plants, including trees. We will be visiting the Ledston Estate to take part in a countryside learning day where we will learn how to tell the age of a tree and hunt for mini beasts amongst many other fun activities.

Linked to this, we will be looking at a lovely storybook called The Little Gardener by Emily Hughes. We will be focusing on remembering to use capital letters, finger spaces, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks. We will then be writing a report on the birds that we see in East Bierley and our gardens. In Art, we will be studying the life and works of Claude Monet who painted some amazing gardens using watercolour paints.

Mathswise, we will revisiting place value, money and the four operations. We will also be building on our knowledge of measurement by looking at mass and length.

I think that we will have fun!

Mrs M

Spring 1 - 2019

Hello and welcome back to class. I hope that you had a lovely break.

Our topic this term is ‘Change’.

We will be thinking about what change is and why it happens. We will be learning about life cycles of humans and animals, the Creation Story and our world through the ages.

Initially we will be looking at dinosaurs, prehistoric man and the ice age. Our English work will also based on books that deal with change such as Tadpole’s Promise and When We Were Giants.

In Maths, we will be revisiting place value, addition, subtraction and shape. We will also begin to look at measurement and multiplication.

I hope that you’re looking forward to it!

Mrs Mathieson

Autumn 2 2018

Hello and welcome back to class!

We are diving straight into our first topic of World War 1. It is 100 years since the end of the war so we will be celebrating this important event by looking at how animals helped in the War. We will also be learning how to sew a poppy (and a button) to make a special poppy for you to keep.

Following on from this, we will start our Fire! Fire! Topic. This is one of my favourite history topics to teach so I hope that you will love it too. Importantly, we will learn how to stay safe near fire.

We will also be looking at the science of fire and how religions use fire to celebrate. My favourite part of this topic is learning about the history behind the Great Fire of London and the creation of the Fire Service.

As always, we will be looking at some fantastic books in our English lessons. I have chosen Toby and Fire Cat to start with and I have borrowed a diary from my close friend Samuel Pepys.

In Maths we will be looking at addition, subtraction and 3D shapes.

Oh and how can I forget? It is nearly Christmas so we will be starting to practise our Nativity play and enjoying lots of festive crafts!

I can hear jingle bells already…

Mrs Mathieson

Autumn 1 2018

We will begin the term by looking at the solar system, space travel and the history of the moon landing. Towards the end of term, we will look at the constellations and telling the time using the sun and moon! We will also be looking in depth at the science behind Light and Dark. We also have an exciting science trip planned! Your grown-ups will receive a letter about it.

As always, we will be looking at some fantastic books about Space. I have chosen The Way Back Home by Oliver Jeffers to start with. We will be designing and making aliens and we will start to look at some alien words.

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